India, Feb. 9 -- Uttarakhand Police have registered a first information report (FIR) against a man for allegedly announcing a Rs.2 lakh reward for killing Deepak Kumar, a gym owner who defended an elderly Muslim shopkeeper when Bajrang Dal men harassed him for dropping the word "Baba" from his shop's name in Kotdwar.

The FIR was registered under section 351 (3) (threat to cause death or grievous hurt) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) late on Sunday on Kumar's complaint.

In his complaint, Kumar said that he came across a video on social media in which a person is seen threatening him and announcing a reward of Rs.2 lakh for killing him. He said that he and his family were living in fear due to the death threat. "The video is going vi...